Authors Note: I am beyond floored with the response to this story. This was just a story I plan to write to win a purse but it has turn into so much more. I really want to thank everyone who takes the three minutes it takes to leave me a review; it really makes me write faster. Now I know everyone is wondering where a woman's worth is, and I plan to work on it this weekend. The whole entire next four chapters are outline and well so excited to write the next one. As for this one… I will be updating this ASAP as well; I have outlined the next six chapters. I do have to add one more thing and you guys can all thank Cathy for that one. Okay so please check out the board for all the info on the save one tree hill campaign and please any suggestions you have or if u want to post on the board go head or pm me. Now A huge thanks and a dedication to Lori aka Lac18 who help me tonight by betaing this chapter for me. And to Roxy who is about to update my favorite story What's past is Prologue and I am so excited to read it. Now u want more from me review. I know leaving a review involves some effort but it really does make me write faster. So leave me a review besides I'm dying to know what u think of Naley in this story. Let me know what u think of my version of Haley and everyone else….. Till this weekend Kaos aka Jess
Chapter 6
The Diva vs. Goliath
"Ladies and gentleman, thank you for coming ummm, ladies and gentleman, I give you Haley James… "Karen Hargrove practiced her speech as she stared at her reflection in the mirror. It was finally here, the day had finally arrived, in less than an hour she would be announcing her latest venture, and the face of Illusions. She smiled at her reflection as she pinned a diamond brooch on the lapel of the red Carolina Herrera suit, a gift from her husband, and wondered what everyone back in her home town would say if they could see her now and see what she had made herself into. What about her first husband, her high school sweetheart, the father of her sons, what would he say if he saw her now? Would he even acknowledge all she had accomplish? She knew the answer to that and it was no, Dan Scott would never have acknowledge her success, actually she was pretty sure if that if the son of a bitch was still alive he would have done everything in his power to ruin it for her. But he was dead and as much as Karen hated to admit it, if the conniving son of a bitch hadn't died she probably wouldn't be giving any sort of speech. She would probably be sitting in her kitchen throwing out the dinner she'd made for him that he'd never eaten because he had never come home. She would be alone sitting in a big empty house wondering what point of her life had gone so wrong, but she wasn't there, she was in Manhattan, married to her second husband and running a multi million dollar company that she had started all on her own, without anyone's help, and she was happy.
She picked up a large sable brush and applied a faint trace of blusher along the high ridge of her cheeks. God she was happy! Happier and richer than she ever thought would be possible. She had an amazing life, a wonderful, supportive husband who adored her, two wonderful sons, and an amazing daughter that was the light of her life. Everything was great and things were only going to get better especially after today. As she applied red lipstick to her lips she went through her mental check list making sure one last time that she hadn't forgotten anything, she liked everything to run smoothly, it was the control freak in her and like usual everything was running smoothly. She dabbed her ear lobes with her signature perfume as she stared at her reflection in the mirror and smiled. Not bad for a mom who was in her early forties. She had in the beginning of her marriage to Andy been worried about growing old, she agonized over every laugh line and gray hair she thought she saw, she had even considered plastic surgery, but Andy wouldn't hear of it, and the fact was she didn't need it, her marriage to Andy had only made her act and feel younger than she ever had. She grinned as she thought of the night before, lying in his arms, making love till the wee hours of the morning. It amazed her at times how different her second marriage was from her first. As the years went by Andy's appetite for her increased while her first husbands had decreased, but then again, Andy and Dan Scott were as different as night and day.
"Are you thinking about last night or the quickie we had this morning?" She heard her husband say to her as he walked into the room, Karen held her breath he was so handsome and she loved him so much, she still couldn't believe that she had married the very young billionaire four years earlier. Even now he still made her swoon.
"I wish sweetheart, but I was actually thinking about my deceased first husband and what he would say to me if he could see me today…and then I was thinking about how happy I am and how absolutely in love I am with you."
Andy walked over to his wife and he took her in his arms. "Good because I love you too and I will never ever let you go. And why do you care what he would think my love, he didn't deserve you or the boys, and he doesn't deserve your thoughts especially today, so stop thinking about him. Now Luke has sent me to tell you that everyone is here all that is missing is your presence and well Ms. James too."
"I know, she'll be in the building in a few minutes she's stuck in traffic. Um darling…" Karen said as she slipped on her black lizard Gucci pumps "Is Nathan with Lucas?"
"Of course he is. He's downstairs making nice with all the press and Luke is flirting with anything in a dress. And before you ask, Hillarie is still in London so you don't have to deal with her at all and maybe just maybe she'll stay. Now why did you ask me if Nathan was down stairs? I mean did you really think he wouldn't show up tonight?"
"Oh darling." Karen said as she tried to contain her laughter. "You don't know Nathan! When he doesn't get his way he sulks and plots. When he was seven I wouldn't let him camp out with his friends so he waited till I was asleep and he climbed out the window, broke his leg, and crawled all the way next door to the camp out. If Nathan wants something bad enough he will do whatever it takes to get it. He is like Dan in that perspective which is why…"
"Well I don't agree." Andy interrupted as he took his wife's hand and helped her out of the room." He is a brilliant business man and he is, if he hasn't already, going to realize what a coo making Haley the face of Illusion is. Now stop it, we talked about this last night, Nathan is not Dan…and he is not going to sabotage the campaign."
"Andy I never said that he was like Dan!" Karen said in an urgent voice." Nathan despite his flaws is nothing like Dan, but he is not a graceful loser. He hates not getting his way but you're right I am ridiculous to think that he would sabotage the campaign, I don't know why that even popped in my head last night…."
"Darling stop worrying." Andy said as he picked up her hand and brought it up to his lips. "The boys are fine."
"No, sweetheart they are not fine! They are both far from fine. Lucas runs all over town without a care in the world, sleeping his way through New York, not thinking about all the women he hurts and Nathan with that woman, thinking that he needs to block all the fun out of his life, working 21 hours a day and the only thing he cares about is money. I just want them to be happy, like us. I want them both to find women that will make them laugh, and to enjoy their lives, that's not too much to ask, is it?"
"No it's not darling, no its not. Look we're here; come on it's your night to shine. Forget about the boys they'll be fine. Now come on you don't want to be late. Go out there and show then what you have planned! Show them who Karen Scott is and we'll deal with the boys later, together. "
MEANWHILE
Nathan looked at his watch and began to smile. As the room filled up with people the smile just grew wider, she was late, really late. He known it was going to happen, the minute his mother told him she'd signed the contract, he'd known that Haley James, Diva ness as the magazines called it would emerge, and he had been right, and the best part was that she had done it all on her own, without him having to lift a finger.
Maybe after a few doses of the diva, her demands and unprofessional work ethic, they would realize that he had been right after all and maybe they would take him a bit more seriously. Yes today was going to turn out better than he thought.
"What the hell are you smiling about? Is it because I look good in this suit? I mean one of the Scott brothers needs to look good and it might as well be me. It's pretty obvious who picked yours out?" Lucas asked his brother as he grabbed a mini quiche off the tray of a passing waiter. "Okay, dude you're freaking me out, spill it. You've been sulking for days and today, the day of the announcement of the campaign you're smiling, what did you do? Set Haley James apartment on fire or did you actually have sex with someone who actually had a beating organ? Wait, I know you finally got rid of Hillarie!"
Nathan glared at his brother and decided not to even bother getting mad. He would after all have the last laugh. "Ha, ha very funny and Hillarie is still very much in the picture and we are still getting married. You know what Luke; I don't know why I bother. Say whatever you want to say because it doesn't bother me in the least."
Lucas began to chuckle as he grabbed a champagne flute off another waiter's tray and gulped down the bubbly liquid. "Damn Nate, whatever! You know what I give up! Marry the um... Hillarie, it's your funeral. Shit it's not me so whatever. Besides there's always divorce just make sure she signs a pre nup, cause there's no way in hell your marriage is lasting more than one year, two tops. Oh god check out who just walked in the room, damn look at her, Sylvie Wasserman editor and chief of Allure, and amazing mouth on her, I know trust me. Shit she saw me and she doesn't look happy! "
Nathan waved hello to the woman who was giving Luke the death glare and then began to laugh. "I wonder why. Didn't you leave her alone at some party after you two spent the weekend at her Hampton beach house?"
"Yeah the party was boring as hell, it was the party to celebrate the beginning of the Opera season oh god…" Lucas answered as he watched the room quickly fill up.
"Luke you left with her sister and ended up spending the weekend at the same beach house come one she can hate you for that. I'm surprise she didn't kill you. You're lucky she's friends with Andy or god knows the damage she could have done to the company. "
"Chill out Nathan! God I forgot about the sister she was way hotter. I should call her. Oh shit look who just walked in, Faye Walker is here." Lucas said in an astonished voice as he pointed to a petite red head that had entered the room and had obviously caused a stir among the crowd. Faye Walker was Manhattans biggest gossip. She had a weekly column that people read religiously where she exposed society's biggest scandals. If something was going to happen she always knew about it first and she was the first to spill the beans, and she didn't care who got hurt in the process. She targeted the rich and famous and at one point she'd made Karen and Andy's life a living hell, when she'd exposed their affair.
"Shit! Mom invited everyone didn't she? I can't believe she invited her! Especially after all the gossips and rumors she spread about her and Andy." Nathan said as he noticed the woman scanning the room obviously getting material for her latest column. He could have sworn he'd seen a few people shiver as her eyes focused on them.
"Of course she invited her, dumb ass, she is the gossip queen of New York. Everyone reads her column and the fact that she is here means free press. And no matter what mom always says its better to keep an enemy close by. Look at this room everyone who is anyone in the cosmetic and fashion world is here, as well as the media. Mom is going to be a sensation and so is Haley. The campaign is better than any other campaign we have ever done, or any other cosmetic company has for that matter. We are going to give Estee Lauder, Elizabeth Arden, and Chanel a run for their money, our mother is brilliant. This campaign is going to be huge, wait till you see the proofs. I've been working on them all week. We're all set to start next week. Haley's off to LA tomorrow for all the preliminaries and I'll be there in a few days after I wrap everything up here, and then we're off to the South of France, Belize, and Rome. I can't wait; I really think everyone is going to freak out when mom announces that Haley is the new spokeswoman."
"Yeah if the diva ever shows up. She's late, but then again she's Haley James, we can excuse her. Its fine that she's late, it doesn't matter that we have a room full of press, and board members waiting for her, its okay that we have spent a shit load of money, its fine."
"Oh god don't start that shit again!" Lucas said as he made gag noises. "I swear Nathan, your seriously going to make me throw up all over that British suit Hillarie picked out for you. What color is that by the way? Dreary gray? God even the clothes she picks up for you are boring."
"Fuck off big brother, and just admit it, you know I'm right. We should have started already. This is so unprofessional, but so typical. If I was running the show she would be here by now. All my presentations always start on time. Actually let me re phrase that, if I was running the show she wouldn't be the face, but I'm not. You would think with all the money we're paying her, she would have a reliable car service, did you see how much she is getting? We should have never ever hired her. I told you it was a mistake told mom too but did either of you listen to me? No. "
"Oh god shut up about this already, we hired her, she has a contract and it's done. Nathan, god you make it sound like we can't afford it and you know we're going to make more money with her as the face."
"Yeah, I know, you and mom keep telling me but she's still late. Is she paying for the food, the drinks, the room…No we are."
"Oh god Nathan you asshole! She's twenty minutes late, that's it. It's not a huge deal, people are still getting here, besides she's stuck in traffic, she called mom to let her know. I can't believe you, why are you being such a dick about Haley James? I mean you don't even know her. You were in England visiting Hillarie last week, when she came to talk about the campaign so you didn't even get to meet her, she's a sweet heart. I don't get this hatred you have for her, you don't even know her. You better stop Nate or mom is going to have you eating your balls, you know how mom is when you piss her off."
"Shut up! I don't hate her. I just don't think she's the right person to represent our products and I think she is going to make us crazy, you don't know about these Hollywood types. They think they are gods gift. I also think we didn't need to spend so much and going international now isn't the wisest move especially with all the money we're paying her. It's a lot of money Luke. You do realize that, don't you?"
"I do, but you do realize we can afford it! And like mom says you have to spend money to make money. Nathan we have the money to pay her, shit we have the money to pay her and seven other people just like her. We're rich, and the company is a multi million dollar company. In this lifetime we couldn't spend all the money we have made…"
"Yeah, we have the money now but that doesn't mean we are always going to have it. We could lose it all. We have before."
Luke's face changed from a happy one to a somber one. "Nate dude stop it …you need to get over that. I did a long time ago. Trust me its better to let it go. It's so not worth it."
"It's true though, you know it, no matter how much you don't want to think about it. You never know when you're going to have everything ripped out from under you. It happened to us or don't tell me you forgot about how one day we were living in a big mansion, going to an exclusive boarding school. Our father was the pillar of society and the next day we were poor, being asked to leave in the middle of our senior year because the check bounced. Did you forget all that? The humiliation and the laughter, because I never have. Our dead father left us in a financial ruin and our mother was basically run out of town because of him. Remember the studio apartment, sleeping on the couch, and the inner city high school we ended up graduating from, because let me tell you something I have never forgotten it. I remember it all. How we both had to work like dogs to put ourselves through college while mom started up this business. I remember that first Christmas and how she couldn't afford those sneakers we wanted. How about not being able to go to Duke or Stanford because they couldn't offer us a full ride and mom couldn't afford the tuition? Hell no big brother, I won't ever forget and I will never ever let it be like that again."
"Nate…" Lucas started to say when he noticed their stepfather walking towards them.
"Hey boys." Andy said as he patted the boys on the back. "Everything is all set, you're mom is about to start. She's really nervous."
"Has the Diva arrived?" Nathan asked as he avoided his brother's stare. The last thing he wanted was to discuss Dan Scott with Andy.
"Yeah, we are all set to go." Andy answered as he stared at Nathan. Something was off, he could feel it, and he was just about to ask if there was a problem when the lights became dim. "And here comes your mom. Isn't she beautiful?"
"Yeah!" Both boys answered as they sat down and watched their mother walk up to the podium with a huge smile on her face. She was glowing and defiantly in her element.
"Hello ladies and gentlemen," Karen began. "I'm so glad that you all made it here today because I have a huge announcement to make about the next chapter of my company. I am very excited about this because as you all know; this January Illusions will celebrate its tenth anniversary. Now I know you all know the story about how I started this company out of my kitchen with one simple product which was a scrub, so I won't bore you with all that. Instead I'm going to tell you all about the next phase of Illusions, which I predict will be a huge sensation. I have decided along with both my sons that this company is ready to go international. So as of January second, all of Illusions products will be sold all over the world including two new perfumes that we are going to launch one in the winter and one in the summer."
The crowd stood up and began clapping, and the photographers began taking pictures of her as she smiled and waited patiently for them to sit down so she could finish her speech.
"Sit down everybody we're not done yet. So since we are going to go international I have decided that we are going to do it in style. I have picked the perfect person to represent this company. She is the essence of Illusions. To me she represents everything I believe that women are. She is strong, independent, and fascinating. Not only that, I have also decided that one of those perfumes will be named after her, and all the proceeds from the sale of the fragrance will go to the Chris Keller foundation . Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the face of Illusions, Grammy award winning star as well as Oscar winner, Miss Haley James."
The cameras began to flash furiously as Haley walked onto the stage. She looked like the Hollywood darling that everyone called her, with her hair held back in a tight pony tail, her lips painted red, which set off the white Oscar De La Renta dress with black embroidered flowers on the skirt that she wore and had spent hours picking out. She smiled and waved at everyone in the room, and took her place next to Karen. The two women embraced and began to pose together for the cameras, as millions of questions began to be thrown at them.
"Haley I thought you were taking a break?"
"Haley what about the movie you have coming out?"
"Who are you wearing?"
"Why Illusions, why did you accept this company?"
"Karen how much are you paying her?"
"Haley over here…"
Nathan stared at the young starlet standing next to his mother, looking so cool, calm and collected, with a smile that never left her face. He had of course seen pictures of her before but this was the first time he had seen her in the flesh. He could understand the appeal, she was beautiful. He couldn't say she wasn't because she was, but after all the things he had heard and read he knew that under all that beauty lied a real bitch.
"Look at her up there Nate, and look at the crowd, they love her." Luke said to him.
"Yeah um ass, she's answering questions that have nothing to do with the company or the products. I told you so, the diva is only thinking of herself."
"Watch and listen Nathan just watch and eat your words."
He continued to watch her as she flashed a big smiled to the crowd, and answer their questions. One thing that was obvious to him was that she knew how work the room and the press seemed to love her.
"Okay guys thank you so much for all your support, but I think I've answered enough personal questions. Today is not about me, it's about Illusions and what Karen and I hope to accomplish together as a team. I am proud to represent this company and I believe in it and what it stands for. I am grateful that Karen has put so much faith in me and I hope that I help her accomplish all her goals. As for my career, I am taking a break and plan to devote myself fully to this campaign, but I will be hitting the recording studio soon. Thank you all very much."
Nathan watched as once again the crowd went crazy shouting question, and Miss James kept right on smiling. She handed the microphone to his mother who began talking.
"Thank you for coming today, I appreciate your patience and please grab a folder on you're way out. It outlines the campaign and will give you some more product information." The two women walked off the stage holding hands.
Lucas immediately stood up. "It went well. They were both amazing." Lucas said to his brother and stepfather.
"Yes it was perfect. Karen and Haley were both perfect. Come boys, lets go congratulate the ladies."
"I'll be there in a minute, you guys go on ahead."
Andy smiled at Nathan. "Don't take too long you're the only one who hasn't met Haley. Your mother wants to introduce you."
"Come on Andy, I see Faye swarming around mom. "Luke said as he pulled his stepfather into the crowd that was surrounding the women. Luke couldn't believe how calm Haley looked as the flashbulbs kept going off around her. He pushed his way into the middle where Haley stood.
"Excuse me, Miss James you have a phone call."He said as he extended his arm to her.
"Excuse me."Haley said to the reporters that were gathered around her as she took his arm. "I'll be back. Mr. Scott lead the way."
Luke flashed her a smile and the two walked away from the crowd into another room.
"Where are we going?" Haley asked as Luke led her to a door. He opened the door, flicked on the lights, and led Haley into an office.
"I figured you'd need a few minutes. This is Andy's office; no one is going to bother you in here. Damn girl, I don't know how you do it. All those questions? And the pictures?"
"Thank you. I did need a minute, and you get use to it. Trust me at first the media was one big headache, but its part of the job description. So Luke how did I do?" Haley asked him as she sat down in a near by chair after giving him a big old bear hug.
"You were fucking brilliant. I cannot believe how cool you were up there. You had them eating out of the palm of your hand. You're something else James."
"Well thank you Scott, now you told me last night you were going to take me out to the hottest spot that no one knows about, so we can get roaring, ripping drunk…."
"That I did, and I will I say another hour and we grab Shakes and get totally smash before we put your cute little ass on a plane and get this campaign going."
"Okay, I'm game, but you keep calling Shakespeare, Shakes and he might rip you in two. Now what do I have to do to get a drink, what kind of an instant best friend are you that you haven't gotten me anything yet?"
"The best kind love, I told you there's never a dull moment being my friend. See I'm way ahead of you." He told her as he pointed to a waiter that was coming over to them with a tray that contain two small shot glasses, a small plate filled with limes, and a salt shaker.
"Oh be still my heart Scott. See this is why we can never be lovers and we can just be friends, we're too much alike. God where have you been all my life? Finally a man that gets me and brings me a real drink."
"Hell yeah! Now this is from my own private reserve, tequila from the 1800's, the best of the best. A gift from one of my many conquests who actually tried to get me to settle down with alcohol, too bad she did the whole, 'If you leave me I'll die thing.' I might have kept her ass around. Now a toast to us and the beginning of a beautiful friendship and to the campaign that brought us together."
"Hell yeah to us and to being friends, not lovers."
"Right back at you. Much better as friends."
The duo poured some salt on their palms, licked it, grab the shot glasses and threw heads back as they swallowed the gold liquid.
"Ah that hit the spot." Haley said as she sucked on a lime.
"Hell yeah." Luke said as he nodded in agreement. "Now I have to get back out there and kiss some major ass."
"Yeah me too. I need another minute though, can you hold down the forte for me?"
"Yep will do. You need anything?"
"Actually yeah I do. I need a phone, Brooke has mine and I have no clue where she went, and I need a minute to get myself together."
"Um mine is dead, but use the one on Andy's desk. So when do I get to me your right hand Brooke? I already talked to Peyton, Shakes, Dom, and Seba who calls me the Greek god, Brooke's the only one left."
"You'll meet her today. Oh god that was hysterical, you and Seba I can't believe he made you take your shirt off and you did. Oh god Scott, you don't have any shame."
"I don't, but my mother will have my head if I don't get my cute little ass out there and help her. I'll send you another drink with my assistant. Oh by the way my assistant, the guy who hung up on you the other day is a huge fan. Sign his shirt or something. He's terrified of asking you for an autograph. He doesn't want you to think he is a groupie, even though he is." Lucas told her as he leaned down and planted a kiss on her cheek.
"Oh god that sweet thing, when I said my name he screeched. Yeah I'll sign something Scott, keep the crowd going for me, and send him in."
"Will do! Don't take too long, they don't want me, they want you."
Haley smiled at her new friend as she watched him leave the room. They'd hit it off immediately after they met, just like she had with his mother, and despite only knowing each other for a few days Haley felt like she'd known him all her life. She leaned her head back and closed her eyes, she felt better than she had in a long time, and she was starting to feel rejuvenated. This was exactly what she needed. A new project to keep her busy. Something different, something she could sink her teeth into. The campaign for Illusions was just that. She was more than the face of the products, Karen and Lucas wanted her input, and that was what had set the offer apart from all the others, that and the money that the Chris Keller foundation would receive. Yes accepting the offer had been the right move, and she was sure it would help her fill that void she'd been feeling lately.
"Miss James…"
Haley open her eyes and looked up, standing before her was a tall, brown haired man, with the bluest eyes she had ever seen.
"Hi." She said as she flashed him a smile as she stood up and gave him a hug. "I hear you're one of my biggest fans."
Nathan was stunned as Haley pecked him softly on the lips. "Alright sweetheart tell me where you want it?"
"Want what?" Nathan asked as he step back away from her.
"The autograph." Haley said as she took a marker off the desk and began to sign her name on his shirt.
"Hey what the hell are you doing?" Nathan yelled angrily as he took the marker out of her hand and threw it back on the desk.
"I'm sorry. Luke told me you wanted an autograph…" Haley said in a confuse voice.
"It's not good to be so presumptuous Miss James, not everyone wants your autograph and I plan to send you the bill for the dry cleaning."
"You're not Luke's assistant …"
"No I'm not, but you and I are going to be spending a lot of time together, so there are a few things we need to get straight…"
"Really!" Haley answered him as she sat down on top of the desk and crossed her legs. "Oh please continue, I'm intrigued, Mr. Scott or should I just call you Nathan?"
"You know who I am?" Nathan said as he sat down at the chair across from her.
"Yep. Lucas told me all about his up tight, pain in the ass brother who had a real problem with me being the spoke woman for his mothers company. I don't know how I didn't realize who you were, I mean one look at your suit and I should have known it was you; he did tell me how badly you dress."
"Ha, I see my brother has rubbed off on you in more ways than one. Now this is the way its going to be Miss James, you will never ever be late again for any appearance, you will never ever monopolize the time of the press regarding your own life when you're discussing the products that you are representing…."
"Wow you're really are a hard ass…"Haley said as she tried to stifle a laugh." I suppose the next thing you are going to tell me is that I have to wear panties too…oh I made you blush how cute…"
"Miss James…. "
"What? Does talking about my panties or the lack of panties embarrass you? Wow are you sure you're Luke's twin you guys are really different. Oh and call me Haley. I have a feeling you're going to be right on top of me making sure I'm in line, oh god I made you blush again, I didn't mean right on top of me that way, you have a wicked mind maybe you really are Luke's brother after all…"
"Look um Miss James." Nathan said as he loosened his tie. "I know you find everything I am saying funny, but I want to make one thing clear to you, I will not stand by and let you sabotage this project. I expect you to be a professional and I expect you to follow the contract to the tee."
Haley jumped down from the desk and flashed Nathan a smile as she walked around the desk until she stood in front of him. She put both hands on the leather chair and leaned into him. "Nathan you are in desperate need of loosing up. I am first and foremost a professional. I plan to make this an amazing campaign so stop worrying and I planned to follow the contract to the tee. Now I listened to your conditions and now its time for you to listen to mine. First off, I don't like rude people, you don't know me and you have no right to talk to me the way you just did. But I'll let it go this one time, next time I won't be so nice. And by the way I'm not fucking your brother, I know that's what you were insinuating with your little rubbing comment, and I don't take orders from you. I know all about you and the original campaign and the little tantrums you threw when mommy told you no, so now I know you don't like me and you know I think you're a spoiled little shit that can't swim with the big fishes because of his Peter Pan complex….oh and my second condition is that you please go and buy yourself some new clothes, something that doesn't remind me of a dreary day, its very depressing."
Nathan sat stunned as Haley began to walk out of the room; he was just about to say something when his brother walked in.
"Haley come on we have to make nice before we can get the fuck out of here and do some shots. What the hell are you doing in here?" He asked as he locked eyes with Nathan. "Was he an asshole to you?"
"Nah, you're brother and I just had to get some things straight. Now let's get back in there and let me fulfill one of the points of my contract or your brother might have whatever that thing he has up his ass explode…" she added as she gave Nathan an evil look.
"Yeah I know all about that thing, it's been stuck up there for a while, it's tall, blonde and has a British accent. " Luke answered as he led her out of the room. He was just about to ask Haley about what Nathan said to her when he noticed a familiar brunette in a purple dress walking towards them. His heart began to beat faster as she got closer to them. He couldn't believe his eyes. Haley walked a few feet head while Luke just stood still.
"Hey Brooke!" Haley said in an excited voice. " Where the hell have you been?"
Brooke smiled and handed Haley her cell phone. "Talking to Peyton. She is not happy so get ready."
"Oh god I'll deal with her tomorrow." Haley said as she took Brooke's arm and led her towards Luke. "Hey I want you to meet someone. This is …"
"We've already met." Lucas interrupted as he looked at a pale faced Brooke. "Hello Brooke, do you remember me?"
